Agilis comms solution released

31st May 2016 - 07:30 GMT | by The Shephard News Team

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ST Electronics has released its fully integrated Agilis High Altitude Long-Endurance (HALE) UAV Communication Solution for worldwide satellite connectivity, it announced on 27 May.

The UAVs can fly 20km above an area, providing connectivity across over 20km2 with a latency of less than a millisecond. The Agilis solution has inbuilt scalable satellite technology with components that can be differentiated for individual HALE UAVs.

The solution has a payload to support high-altitude environment conditions, with the data rate capacity and the future capability to incorporate on-board-processing for hub capabilities. It has a handheld terminal that can support more than 1Mbps for ground-air communication, and a mechanical steering antenna and compact satellite modem.

Rajanik Mark Jayasuriya, vice president for the Satellite Networks Business Group (SNG), ST Electronics, said: 'HALE Unmanned Aerial Vehicles can be used to provide internet services to locations currently not covered by conventional satellites and they will be able to provide high data rate communications in a cost effective manner. And now, HALE Unmanned Aerial Vehicles also represent the next-generation in network communications.

'With the Agilis brand, we bring to the table broad market expertise in both satellite communications and the ability to customise networks for unique applications. We are providing the most cost-effective, low latency communication infrastructure for these exciting HALE vehicles being introduced to the market.'